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Vivek KidambiVivek Kidambi 

Portal user creation using apex

I am working on a requirement to automate portal user creation based on user requests and sync it to downstream system real time. I have a problem creating contact and user in Same transaction due to setup non setup object. I cannot create user in a future method since I need to display the status of user creation on vf page for user. Appreciate if anyone has a workaround for this issue
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Varun PareekVarun Pareek
Yes, there is a workaround for this. Since you do not want to use @future, you would need to identify a way to segregrate contact and user creation in two different transactions. Here is how you do it:
<!---VF code snippet-->
<apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!createContact}" onComplete="createUser();"/>
<apex:actionFunction name="createUser" action="{!createUserController}"/>

In the above snippet, createContact is your controller method that creates a Contact when "Save" button is clicked. Once the transaction is completed, the createUser(); JS function is called which subsequently calls the action method in your controller createUserController.

This is how you can bifurcate the process in 2 transactions. Once you have this ready, you may want to add some validations like caling the createUserController method only when the contact was created successfully.
 

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ManojjenaManojjena
Hey

You can use future annotaion to solve this issue .
ManojjenaManojjena
Hey
 You can check the below link for more clarity .
https://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_dml_non_mix_sobjects.htm
Varun PareekVarun Pareek
Yes, there is a workaround for this. Since you do not want to use @future, you would need to identify a way to segregrate contact and user creation in two different transactions. Here is how you do it:
<!---VF code snippet-->
<apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!createContact}" onComplete="createUser();"/>
<apex:actionFunction name="createUser" action="{!createUserController}"/>

In the above snippet, createContact is your controller method that creates a Contact when "Save" button is clicked. Once the transaction is completed, the createUser(); JS function is called which subsequently calls the action method in your controller createUserController.

This is how you can bifurcate the process in 2 transactions. Once you have this ready, you may want to add some validations like caling the createUserController method only when the contact was created successfully.
 
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